Category Archives: Recipes
Snackable Toasted Pumpkin Seeds
What You Need:
- 1 qt. water
- 2 TBSP salt
- 2 C pumpkin seeds
- 1 TBSP unsalted butter, melted
How to Make It:
- Place the oven temperature on 250 degrees
- Place the water in a large saucepan over medium high heat.
- Sprinkle in the salt and bring the water to a steady boil.
- Add the seeds and continue boiling for 12 minutes.
- Drain the seeds well using a colander.
- Lay the seeds in a single layer on a piece of paper towel and pat them dry.
Skeleton Bones
Need a fast, easy yet fun treat for a Halloween party that your kiddos can help with? Try these Skeleton Bones
Ingredients:
4 large egg whites
2 cups powdered sugar
Directions:
Preheat oven to 250F.? In a large bowl beat egg whites until stiff.? Gradually start adding the sugar, one tablespoon at a time.
Keep beating and adding sugar until you have a meringue.?? Line baking trays with paper.? Using a piping bag with a plain nozzle pipe a straight meringue bone line (approximately 4 inches long). Pipe a meringue ball at the end of each bone.? If necessary shape bones further using a small knife. Bake for approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes or until bones have dried out.
Graveyard Cupcakes
Ingredients:
Prepared Cupcakes
Frosting of choice
1 package gummy worms
1 package chocolate cookies or graham crackers
Directions:
Place a few cookies in a plastic bag and using the back of your hand or a rolling pin press down until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.? Using a teaspoon make a small well in the center of each cupcake.? Frost cupcakes around well and sprinkle with cookie crumb mixture.? Stick a gummy worm into the center of each cupcake.
Caramel Apple Perfections
Everyone loves caramel apples however sometimes this yummy treat is not always the easiest or funnest thing to eat. Often times children get all sticky, the stick gets dirty and then with some all heck can break loose.? With these Caramel Apple Perfections you get the same yummy taste with less of the mess.? Yes they are still a little messy if you eat them with your fingers but they can be eaten with a fork.
These are also fun to make with your little ones.
What You Need:
- 1 C plus 1/4 C all-purpose flour
Bean Sprout and Garlic Beef Burgers
Every once in a while we want a yummy burger that is not our normal burger that we usually make. We can often sneak healthy things in to the burgers to help our little ones get those veggies in their system.
Bean Sprout and Garlic Beef Burgers
Ingredients:
1 1/2 pound lean ground beef
1 egg
1 teaspoon pepper garlic salt
1 1/3 cup bean sprouts
Instructions:
Wake Me Up Tacos
Every morning we wake up then wake up the kiddos for school then off to the kitchen to make them a yummy warm breakfast. Sometimes its eggs, others cold cereal.? Tomorrow morning why not shake things up with Wake Me Up Tacos
Ingredients:
- 6 ounces of breakfast sausage
- 1 can refried beans
- 1 tablespoon butter or margarine
- 8 eggs, beaten
- 12 taco shells (crunchy or soft whichever you prefer)
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 2 cups diced tomatoes
- 2 cups green pepper
- 2 cups favorite salsa
Instructions:
Cheesy Creamed Style Onions
Need a Yummy Appetizer. These are fairly quick but super easy and always a huge hit.
Cheesy Creamed Style Onions
Ingredients:
16 medium sweet onions
1/3 cup canola oil
3 tablespoons all purpose flour
1 1/2 cups milk
1 cup American cheese, shredded
Instructions:
Lemon and Fennel Marinated Bass
Lemon and Fennel Marinated Bass
What You Need:
6 TBSP olive oil
Juice of a fresh lemon
Zest of a fresh lemon, grated
1 TBSP fennel seed, crushed
2 TBSP fennel, chopped
2 cloves of garlic, minced
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
2 (2 lbs each) bass
2 fennel bulbs, sliced
1 TBSP brandy, optional
How to Make It:
- Stir together in a large mixing bowl the oil, lemon juice, lemon zest, fennel seed, fennel and garlic.
- Place the fish in a shallow container that has a lid.
- Score the fish four times on both sides.
